Where does “tykästyä” come from?
tykästyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
tykästyä (Finnish): to take to, to start to like
Definitions
- to take to, to start to like
Ancestry of “tykästyä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -stua | Forms translative verbs |
| 2 | Finnish | -staa | Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or... |
| 3 | Finnish | saalistaa | to prey, hunt |
| 4 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 5 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |